Continent risks being overly reliant on a handful of large US tech firms
Should EU entities be required to buy EU tech, rather than buying American? Image: Getty
In June, French president Emmanuel Macron held an exclusive dinner at the Élysée Palace with a special guest, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
The guests toasted the deal his company had just unveiled with Mistral, the leading French AI start-up, to develop France’s largest data centres. Huang, dressed in a black t-shirt amid the Parisian suits, paused the celebrations for a brief warning about AI.